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György Buzsáki, M.D., Ph.D.
Board of Governors Professor
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience
Rutgers University
Title
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
4:10 p.m.
1220 MRB III (1st Floor Lecture Hall)
Abstract
Graduate Neuroscience Seminar Series
For additional information, contact Carol Wiley @ carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu
Elizabeth Lunbeck, Ph.D.
Department of History
Vanderbilt University
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
316 Wilson Hall
12:00 Noon
History of Psychiatry
DEVELOPMENTAL LUNCH BUNCH
This Friday, Oct. 10 our speaker at Lunch Bunch will be Percival Matthews, talking about "Getting Solid on Concreteness."
There is currently much theorizing within psychology about what concrete examples may or may not be good for. Grounded representations are defined as "more concrete and familiar", educational psychologists seek to determine whether or not concrete manipulatives are appropriate for elementary for math education, and cognitive psychologists debate the merits of abstract versus concrete materials for learning and transfer more generally. Closer to home, our own Georgene Troseth recommends that we introduce complicated concepts with concrete examples. Unfortunately, few go so far as to answer the obvious question: What is a concrete example anyway? Is it something solid, that can be touched? Perhaps a visual depiction? An anecdote that one can easily relate to? Maybe just a simpler version of a complex equation?
In this talk, he will present some theory and preliminary research aimed at delimiting the concept of concreteness and the role that it plays in our understanding of symbols. He will argue that, while concreteness is often referred to in an off-hand way, it is of fundamental importance to our understanding of how symbols function.
Lunch Bunch is 12-1 in Hobbs 106. Feel free to bring a lunch!
Xingshan Li
Vanderbilt University
Postdoc - Logan Lab
October 10, 2008
4:00pm
115 Wilson Hall
The role of knowledge in whole report
In a whole report task, can knowledge affect the character report accuracy? Can knowledge affect the order of report? We conducted three experiments to explore these questions. In Experiment 1, we briefly presented four Chinese characters spaced equally in the four corners of a square, and asked subjects to report as many characters as possible. The display in 4/5 of the trials contained one two-character word, arrayed horizontally or vertically. The other 1/5 of the trials were controls, in which no characters constituted a word. We found that the characters belonging to a word were more likely to be reported and were reported earlier in time. Experiment 2 showed that a high-frequency word is more likely to be reported than a low-frequency word. Using the repetition priming paradigm, Experiment 3 found that a primed word is more likely to be reported than an unprimed word. These results showed that knowledge could affect character recognition accuracy and the order in which they are reported and affect attention in general.
Andrew Hollingworth
Associate Professor
The University of Iowa
Department of Psychology
Title
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
4:10 p.m.
1220 MRB III (1st Floor Lecture Hall)
Abstract
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m.
Sponsors: Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (VVRC) and Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)
For additional information, contact Gale Newton @ gale.newton@vanderbilt.edu
Leslie Dowell
Vanderbilt University
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences/Wallace Lab
Title
Thursday, October 16, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall
Abstract
Department of Psychology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES
For additional information, contact Carol WIley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu
Markus Huff
Knowledge Media Research Centter
Tubingen, Germany
Friday, October 17, 2008
4:00 pm
115 Wilson Hall
Tracking multiple objects across abrupt viewpoint changes
Observers are able to track several independently moving objects among identically looking distractor objects. Multiple object tracking in a 3D-scene is robust against smooth movements of the whole scene, which has been taken as evidence that tracking mechanisms rely on scene-based coordinates. However, there is also evidence from experiments that studied the effects of display translations across the retina suggesting an important role of low-level mechanisms and retinocentric coordinates in multiple object tracking. In a series of experiments, we tested the effect of abrupt viewpoint changes on the attentional tracking of multiple objects in dynamic 3D-scenes. Abrupt viewpoint changes affect only retinocentric coordinates and - as our results show - impair tracking performance considerably if they exceed a certain amount. Small viewpoint changes seem to be compensated by low-level mechanisms. After large viewpoint changes, scene-based coordinates are used to recollect targets. We recorded observers' eye movements and explored the interplay of tracking mechanisms by varying the predictability of viewpoint changes, scene salience, and object visibility.
Terry Maroney, J.D., LL.M.
Law School
Vanderbilt University
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
316 Wilson Hall
12:00 Noon
Relevance of adolescent brain science to juvenile justice cases
Peiyan Wong
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology/Kaas Lab
Title
Thursday, October 23, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall
Abstract
Department of Psychology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES
For additional information, contact Carol Wiley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu
Limin Chen, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Department of Imaging Sciences
Title
Thursday, October 30, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall
Abstract
Department of Psychology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES
For additional information, contact Carol Wiley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu
Jeffrey Stovall, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry
Vanderbilt University
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
316 Wilson hall
12:00 Noon
Community Outreach in Psychiatry
Jeremiah Cohen
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology/Schall Lab
Title
Thursday, November 6, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall
Abstract
Department of Psychology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES
For additional information, contact Carol Wiley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu
Randolph Blake
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology
Friday, November 7, 2008
4:00 pm
Wilson Hall (room # TBA)
Resolving conflicting ideas about visual conflict
Abstract: TBA
Carissa Cascio, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychiatry
Title
Thursday, November 13, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall
Abstract
Department of Psychology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES
For additional information, contact Carol Wiley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu
Vivek Khatri, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences/Polley Lab
"Tales of Dr. Doolittle: Optimizing Rodent Cortical Circuits for Processing of Speech Sounds"
Thursday, November 20, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall
Abstract
Department of Psychology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES
For additional information, contact Carol Wiley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu
Braden Purcell
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology
Friday, November 21, 2008
4:00 pm
115 Wilson Hall
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
NO Neuroscience Seminar Series
Thanksgiving Holiday
Christopher Slobogin, J.D.
Law School
Vanderbilt University
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
316 Wilson Hall
12:00 Noon
Adjudicative and Mental Competence
Mary Baldwin
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology/Kaas Lab
Thursday, December 4, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall
Abstract
Department of Psychology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES
For additional information, contact Carol Wiley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu
Melonie Williams
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology
Friday, December 5, 2008
4:00 pm
115 Wilson Hall
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Omar Gharbawie, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology/Kaas Lab
Title
Thursday, December 11, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall
Abstract
Department of Pyschology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES
For additional information, contact Carol Wiley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu
Adriane Seiffert
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology
Friday, December 12, 2008
4:00 pm
115 Wilson Hall
M. Keith Chen, PhD
Associate Professor of Economics
Yale School of Management
TItle
Monday, January 19, 2009
3:10 p.m.
Location - TBA
Abstract
For additional information, contact Carol Wiley @ carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu
Matthew Diamond, PhD
SISSA Tactile Perception and Learning Laboratory
Trieste, Italy
Title
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
4:10 p.m.
1220 MRB III (1st Floor Lecture Hall)
Abstract
Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.
Sponsors: Vanderbilt Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience (CICN) and Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)
For additional information, contact Carol Wiley @ carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu
Michael Goldberg
David Mahoney Professor of Brain and Behavior
in the Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry,
and the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Title
Monday, March 16, 2009
4:10 pm
115 Wilson Hall
Abstract
Vision Seminar Series
Sponsor - Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (VVRC)
For additional information, contact Gale Newton @ gale.newton@vanderbilt.edu
Howard Eichenbaum, PhD
University Professor and Chairman of Psychology
Director of Center for Memory and Brain
Director of Cognitive Neurobiology Laboratory
Department of Psychology
Boston University Medical Campus/Boston University School of Medicine
Title
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
4:10 p.m.
1220 MRB III (1st Floor Lecture Hall)
Abstract
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m.
Sponsors: Vanderbilt Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience (CICN) and Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)
For additional information, contact Carol Wiley @ carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu
Mary M. Hayhoe
Professor
Department of Psychology
Center for Perceptual Systems
The University of Texas at Austin
Title
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
4:10 pm
1220 MRB III (1st Floor Lecture Hall)
Abstract
Refreshments served at 3:45 pm
Sponsors: Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (VVRC) and Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)
For additional information, contact Gale Newton @ gale.newton@vanderbilt.edu
Gyorgy Buzsaki, MD, PhD
Board of Governors Professor
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience
Rutgers University
Title
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
4:10 p.m.
1220 MRB III (1st Floor Lecture Hall)
Abstract
Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.
Sponsors: Vanderbilt Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience (CICN) and Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)
For additional information, contact Carol Wiley @ carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu
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